Building a wet slab bonsai pot

[ABCarve]

A softer rib can be used for further smoothing.

 

[ABCarve]

A new slab has been rolled out to produced the feet and bottom supports so they are all the same thickness.

 

[ABCarve]

Another small rib was carved to work in the bead on the feet.

 

[ABCarve]

Flipped right side up and allow to dry slowly.....very slowly!!

 

[Anthony]

Thank You !!!!
Good Day
Anthony

 

[CasAH]

Amazing work.

 

[AZbonsai]

Very well done! I appreciate you putting this together. It takes a lot of time and effort!

 

[barrosinc]

Wow!!! I am printing this!!!

 

[Vin]

Outstanding tutorial! Not that I ever plan on throwing pots but there are some on the forum that will definitely benefit from your progression instructions.

 

[Beanwagon]

Amazing

 

[Beanwagon]

Is this set in a kiln? Or is it air drying?

 

[Smoke]

Beautiful work.

If only I had a one inch slot for getting the tree out of the pot. I just had a tree I repotted this year that had been in the pot for 8 years and it had to be broken off the tree. It had just enough recurve to make it impossible to remove. But that is a really nice pot. Love the shape and the attention to detail.

 

[Aeast]

World class pots and technique!

 

[ABCarve]

Outstanding tutorial! Not that I ever plan on throwing pots but there are some on the forum that will definitely benefit from your progression instructions.

I purposefully didn't buy a wheel so that I would force myself to hand-build. There are plenty of fabulous potters doing wheel work. I just want to add to the menu of whats available. Your pot was done in a similar fashion only it didn't have to be keyed like this one. As a woodcarver I feel more comfortable working subtractively, which is why I carve the mold. Carving the mold is very similar to carving a daiza.

 

[ABCarve]

World class pots and technique!

Thanks Aaron, You indirectly reminded me to post this series.

 

[ABCarve]

Beautiful work.

If only I had a one inch slot for getting the tree out of the pot. I just had a tree I repotted this year that had been in the pot for 8 years and it had to be broken off the tree. It had just enough recurve to make it impossible to remove. But that is a really nice pot. Love the shape and the attention to detail.

I go around them with a small circular chain saw on a flexible shaft tool. I know that doesn't help you now.

 

[ABCarve]

Is this set in a kiln? Or is it air drying?

Actually it has already been once-fired, cone 10 oxidation (see post #1). It air drys in my studio. It's covered with air garbage bag and brought out for a few hour a day. That time increases as the pot become dryer. My conditions allow it to dry totally in about 3 weeks.

 

[ABCarve]

Wow!!! I am printing this!!!

Please do. I don't teach. Which is why I posted it. Don't want this to get caught in the cobwebs of my brain.

 

[barrosinc]

I would love to see the base part being made. I am not sure what that material looks like or feels like. I found these blocks of foam used to make flower arrangements (the ones you poke the stems into).

 

[just.wing.it]

Great work!
Awesome progression!

Sorry if I missed it, but what exactly is the material you're using? Some type of clay?